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| Noun Function 10 - Noun Absolutes And now we reach the end of the list and find one of the most potent structures the English language makes available to aspiring writers. But before visiting noun absolutes, let’s review. Here’s t… |
| Fused Participle - Noun or Pronoun and -ing Phrase Get ready for a can of worms, for we are about to discuss what Henry Fowler called fused participles. Compare these two sentences: 1. She cannot tolerate a baby going without f… |
| A Final Summary of Verbs Summary of Verbs Verbs fulfill five functions in our language. In their conjugated form, they enable us to form clauses, either as complete sentences or as dependent clauses. They… |
| Grammatical Object We know what objects are? Don’t we? Object itself is a common noun and refers to something that can be seen and touched. Even a beginner level learner of English language knows and understands the te… |
| Rule of Parallel Structure Though we’ll study parallel construction in the eBook Developing a Powerful Writing Style, I must introduce the concept here, for producing a parallel series requires the use of two of the conjunctio… |
| A Word About "Nor" Nor After Negatives The conjunction nor can serve either as a coordinating conjunction or as part of the correlative conjunction neither . . . nor. As a coordinating conjunction, … |
| Predicate Do you know what a predicate is? It sounds somehow familiar but only a few of us really understand the meaning of the term. Predicate is a grammatical term that is used often in English language and … |
| complement - correct spelling complement verb and noun Not compliment. Grammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses complement and compliment. Click here for that discussion. Example: |
| Moot vs. Mute Inexperienced English users can easily get tricked by “moot” and “mute”, maybe even tempted to pronounce them the same. But even though they sound similarly, they are spelled quite differently and su… |
| rise, raise, rear All these words can be used to describe the movement of something from a lower to a higher level. The key to choosing one is: who is doing the movement and what is being moved. Rise |
| bottle - correct spelling bottle noun, verb, and phrasal verb (bottle up) Example: Give the baby her bottle. noun Example: Let’s watch them bottle the wine. verb Example: |
| intransitive verb Action verbs are either transitive or intransitive. A transitive verb has the intrinsic ability to attach directly to a noun, called the direct object. But an intransitive verb cannot attach directly… |
| Difference between Clause and Phrase A sentence in English language can divided into various parts. Each part of a sentence serves its relative purpose and has some specific characteristics. While all of this seems simple, the… |
| past-participial phrase Regular verbs typically form their past participles by adding ‑ed. Irregular verbs, however, form their past participles in some other way. For example, they change an internal vowel (I drink, I dran… |
| Quiz vs. Test Quiz vs. Test Both "quiz" and "test" refer to some kind of evaluation or assessment - whether it is in an academic context or not. We seem to see the word "quiz" used often on the internet, rather th… |
| subjunctive mood First, understand this: The word mood has nothing to do with frame of mind, as in happy or sad. It actually refers to mode, which is the attribute of a verb suggesting the speaker's attitude toward t… |
| compliment, complement A compliment is a statement of praise or good wishes. A complement is something that goes well with another or completes it. In these meanings, the words act as noun… |
| Practice vs. Practise With "practice" and "practise" being distinct due to only one letter, you might be tempted to think it's the same situation as in the case of "device" and "devise". More exactly, that this different … |
| truculent - vocabulary adjective Fiercely brutal, cruel, vitriolic, scathing, belligerent. The past is present everywhere, but Japan is an unusually history-haunted nation. Elsewhere the Cold War is spoken of in the pas… |
| Let’s fix the title of the chapter … So our chapter title incorrectly read: “Yesterday, they lead us astray.” But now you know that “led” is the past tense (and the past participle) of “lead.” So our chapter title sh… |
| Figure of Speech Figures of Words are called Tropes, and consist in a word's being employed to signify something that is different from its original meaning; so that by altering the word, we destroy the figure. Wh… |
| show vs. shew Professor R. L. Trask (Ph.D. in linguistics) has the following to say on show and shew: Except in quotations and in certain legal contexts, the spelling shew for show is now obsolete and should … |
| shall vs. will vs. going to A lot of people get confused on correct usage of will, going to & shall. Let’s take this example to start with – Will you go to school tomorrow? Shall we go to school tomorrow? Did you spot… |
| Haiku vs. Tanka Poetry takes on many forms across the globe. Poems can rhyme, poems can flow without punctuation, poems can express or describe or inspire. In this article, I will discuss two forms of Japan… |
| March vs. March March vs. MarchJust before we get started, it's important to clarify that there’s no rule that the word ”march” must never be used with capital letters. In other words, writing ”march” with a capital… |
